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Instos seek returns from PM amid turbulence: IFM

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
... climate change by decarbonising and make investments associated with the energy transition, and demographic change and population growth are also viewed as key drivers." Seventy-one percent noted investing in the megatrends is "essential" to achieving ...

Lowe slams government spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
... to help lift investment and productivity. On housing, Lowe said dwelling construction had failed to keep pace with population growth and the government has missed the mark on meeting its housing targets. "They've fallen woefully short of those targets ...

Longevity gap exposes retirement divide

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2026
... marital status, home ownership and area-level socioeconomic advantage to examine how longevity varies across different population groups. Paper co-author and UNSW Business School associate professor Fei Huang said the scale of the differences was notable. ...

Selfwealth expands into full-fledged wealth platform

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2026
... 2025. "While advice has effectively doubled in price, the pool of people receiving it has shrunk as a share of the population," Horton said. "The result is that Australians are being forced to choose between doing everything themselves or paying for ...

Why HNW investors are choosing shopping centres

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
... supermarket sales are as strong as metro areas and can sometimes provide more growth from elements like tourism and growth in population of these areas," he said. "The productivity from these towns is also really promising - these locations are equally ...

Intergenerational Report looks to AI to buoy productivity slump

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... However, based on a long-term productivity growth assumptions, Treasury maintains a rate of just 1.2% p.a. Slowing population growth and ageing will continue to drag on economic performance. Australians will continue to have among the longest life expectancies ...

JPMAM, QIA join forces in $28bn partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... Australia as it is in the middle of expanding investment opportunities for high-net-worth individuals, noting that the population have historically been under-allocated to the private sector.

MA Financial launches $500m fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... our strong belief in the structural and macroeconomic tailwinds supporting Australian retail real estate, including population-led demand growth, resilient consumer expenditure, severely constrained supply and lower retail floorspace relative to global ...

Taxpayers to foot Age Pension if super turned into ATM: SMC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
New modelling by the Super Members Council (SMC) has shown One Nation's superannuation policy could leave taxpayers on the hook to pay up to double the amount taken out. One Nation is proposing to give Australians paying rent or a mortgage the choice ...

SMSFs lure $14bn from retail, industry super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
... Class SMSFs recording adviser fees remained broadly stable at 25.1% in the 2025 financial year, while the wider SMSF population continued to grow and the number of licensed financial advisers declined. Tim Steele, the chief executive of Class, said that ...
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